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Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua (2012)

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Archaeologist Bosco Moroney of the Instituto Nicaraguense de Cultura is directing a rescue excavation at Ciudad Sandino, located on the outskirts of Managua off the road north towards Leon.  Here are some photos of burial urns that have been exposed. The site appears to date to the Sapoa period (AD 800-1250) based on diagnostic pottery.

Figure 1: Excavations at Ciudad Sandino

 

Figure 2: Burial urns and covering vessels

 

Figure 3: Burial urn with cover, note small anthropomorphic vessel on upper left

 

Figure 4: Detail of miniature vessel with possible owl imagery of Lago Modelled ceramic